Blood does not over throw culture. Currently in Native American tribes Afro-Native Americans are been excluded from money access but not being kicked off the land. Afro-Native Americans are been excluded from money due to the current majorities greed. Culture is all encompassing. Though very dynamic, some of its elements may be retrogressive in the sense that that they dehumanize certain individuals in society. But overall, culture creates our form of identity, making us see ourselves as belonging to a particular community, nation or other geographical space. Culture therefore defines who we are relative to other people. But culture can also transcend geographical space so that we can talk about trans-cultural relationships (http://kenyamediaroundtables.org). This quote shows how culture is extremely more important than are biological makeup.
Biological makeup is not important because we are all mixed but completions do very. Biologically there are no pure, distinct races. For example, blood type cannot distinguish racial groups with any accuracy. Furthermore, applying pure racial types to humans is problematic because of interbreeding. Contemporary studies of DNA on a global basis have determined that 85 percent of human genetic variation is within “local populations,” such as within the French or within the Afghan people. Another 5–9 percent is between local populations thought to be similar in public opinion, such as the Koreans and Chinese. The remaining 6–9 percent of total human variation is what we think of today as constituting races and accounts for skin color, hair form, nose shape, and so forth (Lewontin 2005). This quote shows how there are no pure race so what is going on with Native Americans has nothing at all to do with race. “Culture” means lifestyle, traditions, and behaviors that may have nothing to do with genetics, but are often distinct between groups of people. The main point you need to keep in mind is that while biology is important, environment and culture will determine who your child becomes
Work Cited Lewontin. Exploring Race and Ethnicity.pearsonhighered.com/assets/hip/us/hip_us_pearsonhighered/samplechapter/0205800513.pdf.2005
http://kenyamediaroundtables.org
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